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12th Tour de Langkawi - 2.HC
Malaysia, February 2-11, 2007
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Stage 7 - February 8: Kuantan - Karak, 174.0 km
Finally... a Fukushima!
Shinichi skyrockets to second overall
By Anthony Tan in Karak, Malaysia
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Between the two brothers, they've spent seven straight days attacking and counter-attacking. But finally, after a week of trying and working their guts out, Shinichi Fukushima succeeded in Karak.
"Every day, we are in the breaks, so one time there must be success - we can't lose all the time!" laughed Fukushima.
The best of a ten-man breakaway that went all day long under a stifling hot Malaysian sun, with the mercury rising in excess of forty degrees Celsius, Fukushima told reporters his Nippo-Meitan Hompo team didn't come here for nothing. Only the third rider in the race's history to win a stage at the Le Tour de Langkawi, Fukushima's victory follows in the footsteps of Kam-Po Wong's Cameron Highlands triumph in 2000 and his younger brother Koji's audacious 160 kilometre-long solo escape in 2005.
"My brother won two years ago and I was very happy to see him win; today, it was me and I'm very satisfied," he said.
Asked when he started to believe in his chances, Fukushima replied: "When the 10 riders were doing their turns and working very well. I tried to escape - yesterday I tried also, but Crédit Agricole chase me down - so today, I didn't stop; I just kept going, going, going... I felt very good, and when I'm in good form, I don't lose power - I keep going."
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Courtesy of finishing 2'45 clear of the peloton today, the 35 year-old, two years older than his brother Koji, leapfrogged 30 places on the general classification to second overall, and is now 3'27 behind maillot jaune Anthony Charteau.
"I'm second overall on general? I didn't know!" exclaimed a bemused Fukushima. "Tomorrow, I must climb well!"
"I was the best rider on general classification in the [breakaway] group and some riders asked me to go back, but I said, 'No, I don't want to - it's a problem for you, but not a problem for me!' My team is also in very good form, so I think I can do a good race - I can say I'll do my best tomorrow. I'm in very good form, so I think I can do it," he said, asked if a top-five overall finish is within reach.
It's unlikely Fukushima will finish on the podium after tomorrow's stage to the Genting Highlands - but one man planning on his place for good is Charteau: "I have a four-minute lead, so I'm not allowed to lose more than that. It's going to be a time trial for me tomorrow," he said. "[The team has] kept two climbers for me, and they've done a super job from the stage to Cameron Highlands [onwards]; I don't intend to disappoint them."
Stay tuned: Le Tour de Langkawi's D-Day is now upon us...
How it unfolded
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Making a beeline towards D-Day in Genting, the seventh stage provided a direct route inland from today's start in Kuantan. After two relatively mild days weather-wise, Thursday, February 8 returned the mercury back to normal (normal for the tropics, that is), with the temperature already in the mid-30s half an hour before midday, when 125 riders departed, destination Karak.
Three hotspot sprints and two Cat. 4 KOMs formed the basis of the 170.2 kilometre parcours that, judging from the outcome of the previous three stages, was tipped to end in a bunch sprint. And like the previous three stages, one witnessed another early break that went after just four kilometres, first comprised of seven riders: Shinichi Fukushima (Nippo-Meitan Hompo), Alberto Loddo (Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Selle Italia), Salvatore Commesso (Tinkoff Credit Systems), Francesco Tomei (Ceramiche Panaria Navigare), Sea Keong Loh (Discovery Channel Marco Polo), Won Jae Lee (Korea National Team) and Erwin Thijs (Unibet.com).
The septet were then joined by another group of four - Elia Aggiano (Tinkoff Credit Systems), Pierre Drancourt (Bouygues Telecom), Johannes Kachelhoffer (South Africa) and Yoshiyuki Abe (Skil Shimano) - but for some unknown reason, Commesso drifted back to the main bunch, leaving an even group of 10, and evenly represented.
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After 105 kilometres, the break reached their maximum advantage of seven minutes flat, with best-placed rider Fukushima (23rd on GC, 6'22 down on Charteau), becoming the virtual race leader. However, 65 rolling kilometres still remained, and the Crédit Agricole team of maillot jaune Anthony Charteau steadily reduced their deficit to 4'50 with 26km left to race.
Not surprisingly, with quadruple stage winner Loddo in the move, a series of attacks were initiated in an attempt to dislodge the Argentine, which saw a six-man counter that was further reduced to a select group of three. In the end, it was Japanese national champion Fukushima who proved strongest, waiting for Aggiano to begin the sprint that he started a little too early and overtaking him 50 metres before the line. Third was Drancourt, with rolling across in ninth place.
"The last kilometre, the Bouygues Telecom rider [Drancourt] attacked, and I stayed on the wheel of the Tinkoff rider [Aggiano]," recalled Fukushima. "He attacked again, but I never gave up; it was a little far [for Drancourt to sprint from] 300 metres to go, and I caught him in maybe the last 50 metres. It was a good moment."
Said exhausted sprint leader Loddo, who rolled across in ninth place, slouched over the bars: "In the last kilometres, I was left with no more energy when the last three guys went away. I'm disappointed that I couldn't win again today, but I've won some sprints, I've extended my lead in the sprints jersey, and I allowed our climbers to not work too much today."
Photography
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Images by Shane Goss/www.licoricegallery.com
- The peloton on the roads of Malaysia
- The lead group that formed the winning break on stage seven
- Shinichi Fukushima (Nippo-Meitan Hompo) drives the leaders
- Multiple stage winner Alberto Loddo (Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni) was in the lead group and hoping for another victory
- The peloton in search of the leaders some five minutes ahead
- Mates in the peloton… Md Nor Umardi Rosdi (L) and Saryana Amin of the Letua Cycling Team
- Thomas Voeckler (1) of the Bouygues Telecom team spent some time at the back of the peloton on stage seven
- Timothy Duggan (Team Slipstream) of the USA awaits his team-car for supplies
- Commissaire President Philippe Marien (right) and Marc Bollen (Secretary Belgium Cycling) both of Belgium relax back in the commissiare's car on stage seven
- Ian McLeod (Francaise des Jeux) is all smiles and why not, he is in sixth position overall 4'43" behind the Tour leader
- Nicholas White (South Africa) lies in 76th position overall after seven stages
- Riders from the Francaise des Jeux team back in the peloton on stage seven
- Julian Dean drives the Credit Agricole train looking for the lead group on stage seven
- The leaders head up a climb in the shade of the trees on another hot day in Malaysia
- The Tour leader Anthony Charteau (yellow) has one of his main men on the Credit Agricole team, Benoit Poilvet, working hard for him during stage seven
- Thomas Voeckler (Bouygues Telecom) could be ready to pounce up Genting tomorrow; Voeckler is 4'39" behind the Tour leader
- The lead group grabbed the cow by the horns and held the peloton at bay to decide stage seven between them
- Ten became five… the lead group splits with fifteen kilometres remaining
- Shinichi Fukushima (Nippo-Meitan Hompo) takes the stage into Karak
- Sea Keong Loh (Discovery Channel Marco Polo) points to his team jersey as he crosses the line in seventh place on the stage
- Podium girls and interested onlookers at the finish in Karak
- Shinichi Fukushima (Nippo-Meitan Hompo) would have appreciated the cool air from one of his fans on the podium after a hot day in the saddle
- Shinichi Fukushima (Nippo-Meitan Hompo) won the 170.20km stage in a time of 3h47'42"
- Frenchman Anthony Charteau (Credit Agricole) reamins the leader of the Genting King of the Mountains Competition
- Italian Alberto Loddo (Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni) is looking up for another possible win with two flat stages remaining
Images by John Pierce/Photosport International
- Polygon Sweetnice team staff getting ready in the feed zone.
- After some relentless attacking, Shinichi Fukushima gets a deserved stage win.
- Fukushima celebrates victory in Karak on stage 7.
- With temperatures hitting 40 degrees, Cyclingnews photographer Shane Goss takes a cold shower.
Results
1 Shinichi Fukushima (Jpn) Nippo-Meitan Hompo 3.47.42 (44.85 km/h) 2 Elia Aggiano (Ita) Tinkoff Credit Systems 0.02 3 Pierre Drancourt (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 0.12 4 Francesco Tomei (Ita) Ceramiche Panaria Navigare 0.40 5 Erwin Thijs (Bel) Unibet.com 6 Won Jae Lee (Kor) Korea National Team 0.42 7 Sea Keong Loh (Mas) Discovery Channel Marco Polo 1.09 8 Yoshiyuki Abe (Jpn) Skil Shimano 1.22 9 Alberto Loddo (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Selle Italia 10 Johannes Kachelhoffer (RSA) South Africa 11 Mariusz Wiesiak (Pol) Nippo-Meitan Hompo 2.45 12 Sergey Kolesnikov (Rus) Unibet.com 13 Yukiya Arashiro (Jpn) Nippo-Meitan Hompo 14 Manan Anuar (Mas) Letua Cycling Team 15 Daryl Impey (RSA) South Africa 16 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Crédit Agricole 17 Sung Baek Park (Kor) Korea National Team 18 Salleh Mohd Zamri (Mas) MNCF Development 19 Mashahiro Shinagawa (Jpn) Skil Shimano 20 Luis Rodriguez (Spa) Unibet.com 21 Ahmad Haidar Anuawar (Mas) Letua Cycling Team 22 Johan Lindgren (Swe) Française des Jeux 23 Artemiy Timofeev (Rus) Polygon Sweetnice 24 Nikolai Trusov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 25 Pedro Costa (Por) Vitória ASC 26 Se Yong Oh (Kor) Korea National Team 27 Yevgeniv Yakovlev (Kaz) Polygon Sweetnice 28 Wang Yip Tang (HKg) Hong Kong Pro Cycling 29 Pol Nabben (Ned) Discovery Channel Marco Polo 30 Stijn Vandenbergh (Bel) Unibet.com 31 Kai Tsun Lam (HKg) Hong Kong Pro Cycling 32 Budi Santoso (Ina) Polygon Sweetnice 33 Chon Te Chiang (Tpe) Giant Asia Racing Team 34 Hassan Suhardi (Mas) Malaysia National Team 35 Michael Lange (USA) Team Slipstream 36 Pavel Brutt (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 37 Jose Rodrigues (Por) Vitória ASC 38 Micael Isidoro (Por) Vitória ASC 39 Abd Aziz Saiful Anuar (Mas) MNCF Development 40 Vyacheslav Dyadichkin (Kaz) Polygon Sweetnice 41 Sang Jin Lee (Kor) Korea National Team 42 José Rujano (Ven) Unibet.com 43 Miyataka Shimizu (Jpn) Nippo-Meitan Hompo 44 Walter Pedraza (Col) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Selle Italia 45 Ruslan Mohd Jasmin (Mas) MNCF Development 46 Saeidtanha Abbas (Irn) Azad University Team 47 Steffen Weigold (Ger) Tinkoff Credit Systems 48 Koji Fukushima (Jpn) Nippo-Meitan Hompo 49 Maximiliano Richeze (Arg) Ceramiche Panaria Navigare 50 Serguei Klimov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 51 Francesco Bellotti (Ita) Crédit Agricole 52 Hidenori Nodera (Jpn) Skil Shimano 53 Saryana Amin (Ina) Letua Cycling Team 54 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française des Jeux 55 Ian McLeod (RSA) Française des Jeux 56 Franck Renier (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 57 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 58 Hossein Askari (Irn) Giant Asia Racing Team 59 William Bonnet (Fra) Crédit Agricole 60 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Crédit Agricole 61 Md Nor Umardi Rosdi (Mas) Letua Cycling Team 62 Herwin Jaya (Ina) Polygon Sweetnice 63 Timothy Duggan (USA) Team Slipstream 64 Chun Hing Chan (HKg) Hong Kong Pro Cycling 65 Benoît Poilvet (Fra) Crédit Agricole 66 Nicholas Sanderson (Aus) SouthAustralia.com 67 Thijs Zonneveld (Ned) Discovery Channel Marco Polo 68 Blaise Sonnery (Fra) AG2R Prévoyance 69 Takashi Miyazawa (Jpn) Nippo-Meitan Hompo 70 David George (RSA) South Africa 71 Didier Rous (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 72 Alexander Khatuntsev (Rus) Unibet.com 73 Ahmad Lutfi Md Fauzan (Mas) Malaysia National Team 74 David Navas Chica (Spa) AG2R Prévoyance 75 Fabien Patanchon (Fra) Française des Jeux 76 Paulo Barroso (Por) Vitória ASC 77 Gilberto Sampaio (Por) Vitória ASC 78 Sergiy Matveyev (Ukr) Ceramiche Panaria Navigare 79 Brad Huff (USA) Team Slipstream 80 Kin San Wu (HKg) Hong Kong Pro Cycling 81 Jeong Seok Chung (Kor) Korea National Team 82 Laurent Lefevre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 83 Ki Hong You (Kor) Korea National Team 84 Kam Po Wong (HKg) Hong Kong Pro Cycling 85 Paul Griffin (Irl) Giant Asia Racing Team 86 Ali Fallanie (Mas) Malaysia National Team 87 Susanto Tonton (Ina) Letua Cycling Team 88 Jose Serpa (Col) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Selle Italia 89 Faridikovij Mahdi (Irn) Azad University Team 90 Fabio Duarte (Col) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Selle Italia 91 S.Rezaei S.Mostafa (Irn) Azad University Team 92 Yong Li Ng (Mas) Vitória ASC 93 Yokihiro Doi (Jpn) Skil Shimano 94 Wesley Sulzberger (Aus) SouthAustralia.com 95 Jonathon Clarke (Aus) SouthAustralia.com 96 Tiaan Kannemeyer (RSA) South Africa 97 Ghader Mizbani (Irn) Giant Asia Racing Team 98 Gene Bates (Aus) SouthAustralia.com 99 S. Rezaei S.Moezeddin (Irn) Azad University Team 100 Rusli Amir Mustafa (Mas) MNCF Development 101 Rupert Rheeder (RSA) South Africa 102 Sergio Barbero (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Selle Italia 103 Huub Duyn (Ned) Team Slipstream 104 Kilian Patour (Fra) Team Slipstream 105 Julien Loubet (Fra) AG2R Prévoyance 106 Yoann Le Boulanger (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 107 Md Nor Rizuan Zainal (Mas) Letua Cycling Team 108 Nicholas White (RSA) South Africa 109 Julio Perez Cuapio (Mex) Ceramiche Panaria Navigare 110 William Ford (Aus) SouthAustralia.com 111 Hari Fitrianto (Ina) Polygon Sweetnice 112 Abd Razak Mohd Faris (Mas) MNCF Development 113 Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Tinkoff Credit Systems 114 Yoshimasa Hirose (Jpn) Skil Shimano 115 Tomoya Kano (Jpn) Skil Shimano 116 Wladimir Belli (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Selle Italia 117 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) AG2R Prévoyance 118 Mike Creed (USA) Team Slipstream 119 Jay Crawford (Aus) Giant Asia Racing Team 120 Timothy Gudsell (NZl) Française des Jeux 121 Kuan Hua Lai (Tpe) Giant Asia Racing Team 122 Julian Dean (NZl) Crédit Agricole 123 Sylvain Calzati (Fra) AG2R Prévoyance 124 Nur Misbah Mohd Rauf (Mas) Malaysia National Team 3.25 Asian rider 1 Shinichi Fukushima (Jpn) Nippo-Meitan Hompo 3.47.42 2 Won Jae Lee (Kor) Korea National Team 0.42 3 Sea Keong Loh (Mas) Discovery Channel Marco Polo 1.09 4 Yoshiyuki Abe (Jpn) Skil Shimano 1.22 5 Yukiya Arashiro (Jpn) Nippo-Meitan Hompo 2.45 6 Manan Anuar (Mas) Letua Cycling Team 7 Sung Baek Park (Kor) Korea National Team 8 Salleh Mohd Zamri (Mas) MNCF Development 9 Mashahiro Shinagawa (Jpn) Skil Shimano 10 Ahmad Haidar Anuawar (Mas) Letua Cycling Team 11 Se Yong Oh (Kor) Korea National Team 12 Yevgeniv Yakovlev (Kaz) Polygon Sweetnice 13 Wang Yip Tang (HKg) Hong Kong Pro Cycling 14 Kai Tsun Lam (HKg) Hong Kong Pro Cycling 15 Budi Santoso (Ina) Polygon Sweetnice 16 Chon Te Chiang (Tpe) Giant Asia Racing Team 17 Hassan Suhardi (Mas) Malaysia National Team 18 Abd Aziz Saiful Anuar (Mas) MNCF Development 19 Vyacheslav Dyadichkin (Kaz) Polygon Sweetnice 20 Sang Jin Lee (Kor) Korea National Team 21 Miyataka Shimizu (Jpn) Nippo-Meitan Hompo 22 Ruslan Mohd Jasmin (Mas) MNCF Development 23 Saeidtanha Abbas (Irn) Azad University Team 24 Koji Fukushima (Jpn) Nippo-Meitan Hompo 25 Hidenori Nodera (Jpn) Skil Shimano 26 Saryana Amin (Ina) Letua Cycling Team 27 Hossein Askari (Irn) Giant Asia Racing Team 28 Md Nor Umardi Rosdi (Mas) Letua Cycling Team 29 Herwin Jaya (Ina) Polygon Sweetnice 30 Chun Hing Chan (HKg) Hong Kong Pro Cycling 31 Takashi Miyazawa (Jpn) Nippo-Meitan Hompo 32 Ahmad Lutfi Md Fauzan (Mas) Malaysia National Team 33 Kin San Wu (HKg) Hong Kong Pro Cycling 34 Jeong Seok Chung (Kor) Korea National Team 35 Ki Hong You (Kor) Korea National Team 36 Kam Po Wong (HKg) Hong Kong Pro Cycling 37 Ali Fallanie (Mas) Malaysia National Team 38 Susanto Tonton (Ina) Letua Cycling Team 39 Faridikovij Mahdi (Irn) Azad University Team 40 S.Rezaei S.Mostafa (Irn) Azad University Team 41 Yong Li Ng (Mas) Vitória ASC 42 Yokihiro Doi (Jpn) Skil Shimano 43 Ghader Mizbani (Irn) Giant Asia Racing Team 44 S. Rezaei S.Moezeddin (Irn) Azad University Team 45 Rusli Amir Mustafa (Mas) MNCF Development 46 Md Nor Rizuan Zainal (Mas) Letua Cycling Team 47 Hari Fitrianto (Ina) Polygon Sweetnice 48 Abd Razak Mohd Faris (Mas) MNCF Development 49 Yoshimasa Hirose (Jpn) Skil Shimano 50 Tomoya Kano (Jpn) Skil Shimano 51 Kuan Hua Lai (Tpe) Giant Asia Racing Team 52 Nur Misbah Mohd Rauf (Mas) Malaysia National Team 3.25 Sprint 1 - Independence sprint, Maran 1 Johannes Kachelhoffer (RSA) South Africa 5 pts 2 Alberto Loddo (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Selle Italia 3 3 Pierre Drancourt (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 2 4 Erwin Thijs (Bel) Unibet.com 1 Sprint 2 - Paya Pulai 1 Alberto Loddo (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Selle Italia 5 pts 2 Pierre Drancourt (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 3 3 Sea Keong Loh (Mas) Discovery Channel Marco Polo 2 4 Erwin Thijs (Bel) Unibet.com 1 Sprint 3 - Desa Bakti 1 Alberto Loddo (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Selle Italia 5 pts 2 Pierre Drancourt (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 3 3 Sea Keong Loh (Mas) Discovery Channel Marco Polo 2 4 Elia Aggiano (Ita) Tinkoff Credit Systems 1 Mountains 1 - 50.7km 1 Pierre Drancourt (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 4 pts 2 Yoshiyuki Abe (Jpn) Skil Shimano 2 3 Johannes Kachelhoffer (RSA) South Africa 1 Mountains 2 - 90.2 km 1 Yoshiyuki Abe (Jpn) Skil Shimano 4 pts 2 Shinichi Fukushima (Jpn) Nippo-Meitan Hompo 2 3 Won Jae Lee (Kor) Korea National Team 1 Teams 1 Nippo-Meitan Hompo 11.28.36 2 Tinkoff Credit Systems 0.02 3 Équipe Bouygues Telecom 0.12 4 Unibet.com 0.40 5 Ceramiche Panaria Navigare 6 Korea National Team 0.42 7 Discovery Channel Marco Polo 1.09 8 Skil Shimano 1.22 9 South Africa 10 Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni 11 Polygon Sweetnice 2.45 12 Letua Cycling Team 13 Vitória ASC 14 MNCF Development 15 Hong Kong Pro Cycling 16 Crédit Agricole 17 Française des Jeux 18 Giant Asia Racing Team 19 Team Slipstream 20 Malaysia National Team 21 Azad University Team 22 AG2R Prévoyance 23 SouthAustralia.com Asian teams 1 Nippo-Meitan Hompo 11.28.36 2 Korea National Team 0.42 3 Letua Cycling Team 2.45 4 Polygon Sweetnice 5 MNCF Development 6 Hong Kong Pro Cycling 7 Giant Asia Racing Team 8 Malaysia National Team 9 Azad University Team General classification after stage 7 1 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Crédit Agricole 24.13.12 2 Shinichi Fukushima (Jpn) Nippo-Meitan Hompo 3.27 3 Walter Pedraza (Col) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Selle Italia 4.00 4 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 4.39 5 Luis Rodriguez (Spa) Unibet.com 4.43 6 Ian McLeod (RSA) Française des Jeux 7 Pavel Brutt (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 8 Julien Loubet (Fra) AG2R Prévoyance 9 Benoît Poilvet (Fra) Crédit Agricole 10 Sergey Kolesnikov (Rus) Unibet.com 4.45 11 Hossein Askari (Irn) Giant Asia Racing Team 4.47 12 Jose Serpa (Col) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Selle Italia 4.48 13 Yokihiro Doi (Jpn) Skil Shimano 14 Michael Lange (USA) Team Slipstream 4.50 15 Wesley Sulzberger (Aus) SouthAustralia.com 16 Timothy Duggan (USA) Team Slipstream 17 David George (RSA) South Africa 18 Saeidtanha Abbas (Irn) Azad University Team 19 Paul Griffin (Irl) Giant Asia Racing Team 20 Jonathon Clarke (Aus) SouthAustralia.com 21 Ghader Mizbani (Irn) Giant Asia Racing Team 22 Jay Crawford (Aus) Giant Asia Racing Team 23 Serguei Klimov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 5.05 24 William Bonnet (Fra) Crédit Agricole 5.18 25 Gene Bates (Aus) SouthAustralia.com 5.21 26 Francesco Bellotti (Ita) Crédit Agricole 5.23 27 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française des Jeux 28 Yoann Le Boulanger (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 29 Sung Baek Park (Kor) Korea National Team 5.24 30 Susanto Tonton (Ina) Letua Cycling Team 5.25 31 Huub Duyn (Ned) Team Slipstream 5.26 32 Thijs Zonneveld (Ned) Discovery Channel Marco Polo 6.16 33 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) AG2R Prévoyance 6.25 34 Tomoya Kano (Jpn) Skil Shimano 6.37 35 Koji Fukushima (Jpn) Nippo-Meitan Hompo 6.43 36 Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Tinkoff Credit Systems 6.53 37 Rusli Amir Mustafa (Mas) MNCF Development 7.05 38 Yong Li Ng (Mas) Vitória ASC 7.10 39 Yukiya Arashiro (Jpn) Nippo-Meitan Hompo 7.12 40 William Ford (Aus) SouthAustralia.com 7.16 41 Yoshiyuki Abe (Jpn) Skil Shimano 7.21 42 S.Rezaei S.Mostafa (Irn) Azad University Team 7.50 43 Won Jae Lee (Kor) Korea National Team 9.11 44 Elia Aggiano (Ita) Tinkoff Credit Systems 9.54 45 Erwin Thijs (Bel) Unibet.com 10.05 46 Hari Fitrianto (Ina) Polygon Sweetnice 10.45 47 Johannes Kachelhoffer (RSA) South Africa 10.47 48 Jose Rodrigues (Por) Vitória ASC 10.59 49 Yevgeniv Yakovlev (Kaz) Polygon Sweetnice 11.01 50 Vyacheslav Dyadichkin (Kaz) Polygon Sweetnice 11.03 51 Kuan Hua Lai (Tpe) Giant Asia Racing Team 11.35 52 Daryl Impey (RSA) South Africa 11.58 53 José Rujano (Ven) Unibet.com 12.02 54 Micael Isidoro (Por) Vitória ASC 12.08 55 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Crédit Agricole 56 Franck Renier (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 12.09 57 Steffen Weigold (Ger) Tinkoff Credit Systems 58 Stijn Vandenbergh (Bel) Unibet.com 12.10 59 Se Yong Oh (Kor) Korea National Team 60 Pol Nabben (Ned) Discovery Channel Marco Polo 61 Gilberto Sampaio (Por) Vitória ASC 62 Didier Rous (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 63 Kam Po Wong (HKg) Hong Kong Pro Cycling 64 Blaise Sonnery (Fra) AG2R Prévoyance 65 Fabien Patanchon (Fra) Française des Jeux 66 Paulo Barroso (Por) Vitória ASC 67 Tiaan Kannemeyer (RSA) South Africa 12.11 68 Artemiy Timofeev (Rus) Polygon Sweetnice 12.14 69 Ki Hong You (Kor) Korea National Team 70 Julian Dean (NZl) Crédit Agricole 71 David Navas Chica (Spa) AG2R Prévoyance 72 Laurent Lefevre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 73 Yoshimasa Hirose (Jpn) Skil Shimano 12.40 74 Mike Creed (USA) Team Slipstream 12.41 75 Sang Jin Lee (Kor) Korea National Team 13.11 76 Nicholas White (RSA) South Africa 77 Abd Aziz Saiful Anuar (Mas) MNCF Development 13.26 78 Kin San Wu (HKg) Hong Kong Pro Cycling 79 Fabio Duarte (Col) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Selle Italia 13.37 80 Mashahiro Shinagawa (Jpn) Skil Shimano 14.12 81 Chun Hing Chan (HKg) Hong Kong Pro Cycling 14.24 82 Abd Razak Mohd Faris (Mas) MNCF Development 15.09 83 Wladimir Belli (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Selle Italia 15.16 84 Ahmad Lutfi Md Fauzan (Mas) Malaysia National Team 15.18 85 Pierre Drancourt (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 16.04 86 Julio Perez Cuapio (Mex) Ceramiche Panaria Navigare 87 Sea Keong Loh (Mas) Discovery Channel Marco Polo 16.19 88 Herwin Jaya (Ina) Polygon Sweetnice 17.02 89 Saryana Amin (Ina) Letua Cycling Team 17.48 90 Md Nor Umardi Rosdi (Mas) Letua Cycling Team 18.14 91 Maximiliano Richeze (Arg) Ceramiche Panaria Navigare 21.51 92 Sergiy Matveyev (Ukr) Ceramiche Panaria Navigare 22.23 93 Budi Santoso (Ina) Polygon Sweetnice 22.47 94 Alberto Loddo (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Selle Italia 22.54 95 Francesco Tomei (Ita) Ceramiche Panaria Navigare 23.28 96 Faridikovij Mahdi (Irn) Azad University Team 23.51 97 Nikolai Trusov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 25.06 98 Manan Anuar (Mas) Letua Cycling Team 25.09 99 Ruslan Mohd Jasmin (Mas) MNCF Development 100 Nicholas Sanderson (Aus) SouthAustralia.com 25.29 101 Johan Lindgren (Swe) Française des Jeux 25.32 102 Takashi Miyazawa (Jpn) Nippo-Meitan Hompo 25.33 103 Wang Yip Tang (HKg) Hong Kong Pro Cycling 104 Mariusz Wiesiak (Pol) Nippo-Meitan Hompo 105 Jeong Seok Chung (Kor) Korea National Team 106 Hidenori Nodera (Jpn) Skil Shimano 107 Sergio Barbero (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Selle Italia 108 Timothy Gudsell (NZl) Française des Jeux 109 Rupert Rheeder (RSA) South Africa 25.55 110 Nur Misbah Mohd Rauf (Mas) Malaysia National Team 26.08 111 Hassan Suhardi (Mas) Malaysia National Team 26.10 112 Alexander Khatuntsev (Rus) Unibet.com 26.13 113 Salleh Mohd Zamri (Mas) MNCF Development 26.50 114 Ali Fallanie (Mas) Malaysia National Team 26.55 115 Pedro Costa (Por) Vitória ASC 27.06 116 Brad Huff (USA) Team Slipstream 27.15 117 Md Nor Rizuan Zainal (Mas) Letua Cycling Team 27.16 118 Sylvain Calzati (Fra) AG2R Prévoyance 27.19 119 Ahmad Haidar Anuawar (Mas) Letua Cycling Team 27.42 120 S. Rezaei S.Moezeddin (Irn) Azad University Team 28.06 121 Kai Tsun Lam (HKg) Hong Kong Pro Cycling 29.29 122 Miyataka Shimizu (Jpn) Nippo-Meitan Hompo 29.52 123 Chon Te Chiang (Tpe) Giant Asia Racing Team 31.56 124 Kilian Patour (Fra) Team Slipstream 33.17 Asian rider classification 1 Shinichi Fukushima (Jpn) Nippo-Meitan Hompo 24.16.39 2 Hossein Askari (Irn) Giant Asia Racing Team 1.20 3 Yokihiro Doi (Jpn) Skil Shimano 1.21 4 Saeidtanha Abbas (Irn) Azad University Team 1.23 5 Ghader Mizbani (Irn) Giant Asia Racing Team 6 Sung Baek Park (Kor) Korea National Team 1.57 7 Susanto Tonton (Ina) Letua Cycling Team 1.58 8 Tomoya Kano (Jpn) Skil Shimano 3.10 9 Koji Fukushima (Jpn) Nippo-Meitan Hompo 3.16 10 Rusli Amir Mustafa (Mas) MNCF Development 3.38 11 Yong Li Ng (Mas) Vitória ASC 3.43 12 Yukiya Arashiro (Jpn) Nippo-Meitan Hompo 3.45 13 Yoshiyuki Abe (Jpn) Skil Shimano 3.54 14 S.Rezaei S.Mostafa (Irn) Azad University Team 4.23 15 Won Jae Lee (Kor) Korea National Team 5.44 16 Hari Fitrianto (Ina) Polygon Sweetnice 7.18 17 Yevgeniv Yakovlev (Kaz) Polygon Sweetnice 7.34 18 Vyacheslav Dyadichkin (Kaz) Polygon Sweetnice 7.36 19 Kuan Hua Lai (Tpe) Giant Asia Racing Team 8.08 20 Se Yong Oh (Kor) Korea National Team 8.43 21 Kam Po Wong (HKg) Hong Kong Pro Cycling 22 Ki Hong You (Kor) Korea National Team 8.47 23 Yoshimasa Hirose (Jpn) Skil Shimano 9.13 24 Sang Jin Lee (Kor) Korea National Team 9.44 25 Abd Aziz Saiful Anuar (Mas) MNCF Development 9.59 26 Kin San Wu (HKg) Hong Kong Pro Cycling 27 Mashahiro Shinagawa (Jpn) Skil Shimano 10.45 28 Chun Hing Chan (HKg) Hong Kong Pro Cycling 10.57 29 Abd Razak Mohd Faris (Mas) MNCF Development 11.42 30 Ahmad Lutfi Md Fauzan (Mas) Malaysia National Team 11.51 31 Sea Keong Loh (Mas) Discovery Channel Marco Polo 12.52 32 Herwin Jaya (Ina) Polygon Sweetnice 13.35 33 Saryana Amin (Ina) Letua Cycling Team 14.21 34 Md Nor Umardi Rosdi (Mas) Letua Cycling Team 14.47 35 Budi Santoso (Ina) Polygon Sweetnice 19.20 36 Faridikovij Mahdi (Irn) Azad University Team 20.24 37 Manan Anuar (Mas) Letua Cycling Team 21.42 38 Ruslan Mohd Jasmin (Mas) MNCF Development 39 Takashi Miyazawa (Jpn) Nippo-Meitan Hompo 22.06 40 Wang Yip Tang (HKg) Hong Kong Pro Cycling 41 Jeong Seok Chung (Kor) Korea National Team 42 Hidenori Nodera (Jpn) Skil Shimano 43 Nur Misbah Mohd Rauf (Mas) Malaysia National Team 22.41 44 Hassan Suhardi (Mas) Malaysia National Team 22.43 45 Salleh Mohd Zamri (Mas) MNCF Development 23.23 46 Ali Fallanie (Mas) Malaysia National Team 23.28 47 Md Nor Rizuan Zainal (Mas) Letua Cycling Team 23.49 48 Ahmad Haidar Anuawar (Mas) Letua Cycling Team 24.15 49 S. Rezaei S.Moezeddin (Irn) Azad University Team 24.39 50 Kai Tsun Lam (HKg) Hong Kong Pro Cycling 26.02 51 Miyataka Shimizu (Jpn) Nippo-Meitan Hompo 26.25 52 Chon Te Chiang (Tpe) Giant Asia Racing Team 28.29 Points classification 1 Alberto Loddo (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Selle Italia 94 pts 2 Maximiliano Richeze (Arg) Ceramiche Panaria Navigare 70 3 Daryl Impey (RSA) South Africa 49 4 Nikolai Trusov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 48 5 Sung Baek Park (Kor) Korea National Team 45 6 Brad Huff (USA) Team Slipstream 45 7 William Bonnet (Fra) Crédit Agricole 31 8 Nicholas Sanderson (Aus) SouthAustralia.com 31 9 Ahmad Haidar Anuawar (Mas) Letua Cycling Team 30 10 Shinichi Fukushima (Jpn) Nippo-Meitan Hompo 29 11 Koji Fukushima (Jpn) Nippo-Meitan Hompo 26 12 Luis Rodriguez (Spa) Unibet.com 24 13 Julian Dean (NZl) Crédit Agricole 24 14 Manan Anuar (Mas) Letua Cycling Team 23 15 Rupert Rheeder (RSA) South Africa 21 16 Sergey Kolesnikov (Rus) Unibet.com 19 17 Franck Renier (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 19 18 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Crédit Agricole 18 19 Takashi Miyazawa (Jpn) Nippo-Meitan Hompo 18 20 Elia Aggiano (Ita) Tinkoff Credit Systems 17 21 Mashahiro Shinagawa (Jpn) Skil Shimano 16 22 Pierre Drancourt (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 16 23 Mariusz Wiesiak (Pol) Nippo-Meitan Hompo 16 24 Pedro Costa (Por) Vitória ASC 16 25 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 15 26 Yukiya Arashiro (Jpn) Nippo-Meitan Hompo 15 27 Walter Pedraza (Col) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Selle Italia 14 28 Johannes Kachelhoffer (RSA) South Africa 13 29 Yoann Le Boulanger (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 13 30 Erwin Thijs (Bel) Unibet.com 13 31 Sea Keong Loh (Mas) Discovery Channel Marco Polo 13 32 Won Jae Lee (Kor) Korea National Team 12 33 Francesco Tomei (Ita) Ceramiche Panaria Navigare 12 34 Pavel Brutt (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 11 35 Julien Loubet (Fra) AG2R Prévoyance 9 36 Herwin Jaya (Ina) Polygon Sweetnice 9 37 Salleh Mohd Zamri (Mas) MNCF Development 9 38 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française des Jeux 8 39 Stijn Vandenbergh (Bel) Unibet.com 8 40 Benoît Poilvet (Fra) Crédit Agricole 8 41 Yoshiyuki Abe (Jpn) Skil Shimano 8 42 Nicholas White (RSA) South Africa 7 43 Ian McLeod (RSA) Française des Jeux 7 44 Yokihiro Doi (Jpn) Skil Shimano 6 45 Steffen Weigold (Ger) Tinkoff Credit Systems 6 46 Md Nor Rizuan Zainal (Mas) Letua Cycling Team 6 47 Hossein Askari (Irn) Giant Asia Racing Team 5 48 Tiaan Kannemeyer (RSA) South Africa 5 49 Kilian Patour (Fra) Team Slipstream 5 50 Jose Serpa (Col) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Selle Italia 5 51 Wesley Sulzberger (Aus) SouthAustralia.com 5 52 Gene Bates (Aus) SouthAustralia.com 5 53 Mike Creed (USA) Team Slipstream 5 54 Julio Perez Cuapio (Mex) Ceramiche Panaria Navigare 4 55 Paul Griffin (Irl) Giant Asia Racing Team 3 56 Serguei Klimov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 3 57 Huub Duyn (Ned) Team Slipstream 3 58 Jose Rodrigues (Por) Vitória ASC 3 59 José Rujano (Ven) Unibet.com 3 60 Micael Isidoro (Por) Vitória ASC 3 61 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Crédit Agricole 3 62 Yoshimasa Hirose (Jpn) Skil Shimano 3 63 Jonathon Clarke (Aus) SouthAustralia.com 2 64 Johan Lindgren (Swe) Française des Jeux 2 65 Jay Crawford (Aus) Giant Asia Racing Team 1 66 Francesco Bellotti (Ita) Crédit Agricole 1 67 Paulo Barroso (Por) Vitória ASC 1 68 Abd Aziz Saiful Anuar (Mas) MNCF Development 1 69 Fabio Duarte (Col) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Selle Italia 1 70 Miyataka Shimizu (Jpn) Nippo-Meitan Hompo 1 Mountains classification 1 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Crédit Agricole 30 pts 2 Koji Fukushima (Jpn) Nippo-Meitan Hompo 22 3 Walter Pedraza (Col) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Selle Italia 19 4 David George (RSA) South Africa 10 5 Yukiya Arashiro (Jpn) Nippo-Meitan Hompo 10 6 Won Jae Lee (Kor) Korea National Team 9 7 Jose Serpa (Col) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Selle Italia 8 8 Shinichi Fukushima (Jpn) Nippo-Meitan Hompo 6 9 Yoshiyuki Abe (Jpn) Skil Shimano 6 10 Ghader Mizbani (Irn) Giant Asia Racing Team 6 11 Pierre Drancourt (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 4 12 Luis Rodriguez (Spa) Unibet.com 4 13 Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Tinkoff Credit Systems 4 14 Yong Li Ng (Mas) Vitória ASC 4 15 Pavel Brutt (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 2 16 Sergey Kolesnikov (Rus) Unibet.com 2 17 Daryl Impey (RSA) South Africa 2 18 Herwin Jaya (Ina) Polygon Sweetnice 2 19 Hassan Suhardi (Mas) Malaysia National Team 2 20 Francesco Bellotti (Ita) Crédit Agricole 1 21 Johannes Kachelhoffer (RSA) South Africa 1 22 Gilberto Sampaio (Por) Vitória ASC 1 23 Mike Creed (USA) Team Slipstream 1 Teams classification 1 Crédit Agricole 72.49.54 2 Tinkoff Credit Systems 3.41 3 Giant Asia Racing Team 4.12 4 SouthAustralia.com 4.43 5 Team Slipstream 4.50 6 Nippo-Meitan Hompo 6.41 7 Azad University Team 6.59 8 Skil Shimano 8.28 9 Équipe Bouygues Telecom 8.41 10 Unibet.com 9.12 11 Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni 9.27 12 Française des Jeux 12.03 13 AG2R Prévoyance 13.00 14 Korea National Team 13.58 15 South Africa 17.37 16 Discovery Channel Marco Polo 18.46 17 Vitória ASC 20.03 18 MNCF Development 22.23 19 Polygon Sweetnice 22.31 20 Hong Kong Pro Cycling 28.47 21 Letua Cycling Team 31.09 22 Ceramiche Panaria Navigare 48.29 23 Malaysia National Team 55.26 Asian teams classification 1 Nippo-Meitan Hompo 72.56.35 2 Azad University Team 0.18 3 Giant Asia Racing Team 4.16 4 Korea National Team 7.17 5 MNCF Development 15.42 6 Polygon Sweetnice 15.50 7 Hong Kong Pro Cycling 22.06 8 Letua Cycling Team 24.28 9 Malaysia National Team 48.45
